Under the direction of acclaimed violinist, Jacques Israelievitch, the Koffler Chamber Orchestra is the only one of its kind in Toronto, comprising some of the city’s most well regarded professional musicians performing with community members and advanced music students. The program is inspired by the exhibition Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde and features Chagall’s favourite composers, Mozart and Tchaikovsky in addition to composers who share the painter’s Russian Jewish background. Chagall often depicted klezmer musicians and the milieu of Eastern European Jewish culture, reflected in the original composition – Klezmer Dance Suite – created especially for the Koffler Chamber Orchestra by Toronto clarinetist, Martin van de Ven.Like Chagall, Alfred Schnittke draws upon both tradition and modernity. Schnittke’s Piano Concerto is reprised byRussian-born Toronto musician Andrew Burashko who gave its Canadian premiere.

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